Magnetic properties of Fe-substituted NiBr2 single crystals

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Rai, Binod K. [1 ,2 ]
Gao, Shang [1 ,3 ]
Frontzek, Matthias [3 ]
Liu, Yaohua [3 ,4 ]
Christianson, Andrew D. [1 ]
May, Andrew F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Mat Sci & Technol Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[2] Savannah River Natl Lab, Aiken, SC 29808 USA
[3] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Neutron Scattering Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[4] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Target Stn 2, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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Anisotrop y; van der Waals; Transition metal halide; Incommensurate; Helical; ANTIFERRO-FAN TRANSITION; NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION; PHASE; COMMENSURATE;
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10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.169452
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
NiBr2 is a multiferroic material with an incommensurate magnetic ground state that has easy-plane anisotropy. This manuscript reports how the magnetic properties evolve with Fe substitution in Ni1-xFexBr2 single crystals for 0 <= x <= 0.17. A particular emphasis is placed on the x = 0.055 crystal , for which H vs. T magnetic phase diagrams were developed on the basis of anisotropic magnetization measurements. The observed phase evolution reveals a phase transition in the x = 0.055 crystal that is not present in NiBr2. The data also demonstrate that the easy-plane anisotropy of NiBr(2 )is altered by Fe substitution, with a finite easy-axis anisotropy developing at even the low concentration of x = 0.055. These results demonstrate that Fe substitution enables a fine-tuning of the magnetism in NiBr2, especially the magnetic anisotropy, and may therefore promote complex magnetic phases.
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